söndag 3 juli 2011

Rome

1976

Bo, a journalist, and me were in Rome. Bo being a fanatic on Rome, knowing every stone and place of interest. And restaurants. A perfect companion to me, never being in Rome before. We were there doing reportage for the Swedish paper Göteborgs-Tidningen. And we also planned to make a tourist guide for travellers to Rome and Italy. Text: Bo Lundin. Illustrations: Ulf Sveningson. I remember those days very well. Allmost every drawing made during that session.

1977 we planned to go there again. To complete our mission, doing the Guide. All of a sudden we were not two of us going away, we were in fact five! A too big gang to get something really done. Off we went. I was not prepared. And so my life took a new direction.

Above: I am thirty-three, struggling for to become an illustrator. A pigeonhole somewhere in Rome. I am astonished over my features. Looking sceptically into times to come. In my hand, a Pelican Fountain Pen. Eventually I got a job at the Gothenburg-Post. And I really enjoyed those 29 years I stayed there.

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Bosse
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You're sitting in a doorway in the Via di Grotta Pinta, drawing the semi-circle remains of the Theatre of Pompey, roughly where Caesar was murdered.I think we stayed in a hotel called Bolivar, above a rather steep staircase where Via Quattro Novembre makes a sharp turn into Largo Magnanapoli. The book eventually came out, alas without your illustrations.../Bo

You're sitting in a doorway in the Via di Grotta Pinta, drawing the semi-circle remains of the Theatre of Pompey, roughly where Caesar was murdered.I think we stayed in a hotel called Bolivar, above a rather steep staircase where Via Quattro Novembre makes a sharp turn into Largo Magnanapoli.The book eventually came out, alas without your illustrations.../Bo